title: GABA(B) receptor activation mediates frequency-dependent plasticity of developing GABAergic synapses.
abstract: Activity-induced long-term modification of glutamatergic synapses depends on the frequency of synaptic activation. We found that long-term modification of developing rat hippocampal GABAergic synapses that was induced by repetitive coincident pre- and postsynaptic spiking was also frequency dependent. Spiking at 20-50 Hz resulted in synaptic potentiation, whereas spiking at 5 Hz led to synaptic depression. The potentiation was abolished by blocking GABA(B) receptors (GABA(B)Rs), whereas the depression was independent of GABA(B)R activation and could be converted to potentiation by elevating GABA(B)R activity. The potentiation could be attributed to a local postsynaptic increase in Na(+)/K(+)/2Cl(-) co-transporter activity near activated synapses. The activity of postsynaptic Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II was necessary for long-term potentiation of these developing GABAergic synapses and its phosphorylation at Thr286 could be enhanced by activating GABA(B)Rs with baclofen. Together with our finding that activation of GABA(B)Rs is frequency dependent, these results indicate that postsynaptic GABA(B)R activation mediates frequency-dependent potentiation of developing GABAergic synapses.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue-Yang Road Shanghai 200031, China.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Man-xia
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Mu-ming
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Poo
authors.forename: Xiao-hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002034:Bumetanide / Q000494:pharmacology; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018682:GABA Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D058786:GABA-B Receptor Agonists; D058788:GABA-B Receptor Antagonists; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B / Q000502:physiology*; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D055366:Synaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D014966:Xanthenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018682:GABA Agents; D058786:GABA-B Receptor Agonists; D058788:GABA-B Receptor Antagonists; C114624:LY 341495; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters; D014966:Xanthenes; C474696:methyl-(4-carboxyphenyl)glycine; D002034:Bumetanide; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D005998:Glycine